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Would Ye Bring Them Back Againi 61one to the land of life and1 light. Those whom we loe(-this fatal year! Risen to maiisions fai' :n(l bright, Dwelling in- God's eterntal sight, Those whomi we behl so dear-so dear. What have thy left us? Memories deep, Memories holr, te!nder and true; Yea, were deat h an endless sleep, These would not siumber, these would keep Safe from decay the- forms we knew. Deathless in God's diviner sphere, Rapt and serene our loved ones dwell, Complete in the bliss they prayed for here; .Perfect in love, in visions clear. Who il their sacred joy can tell! Wis(lom and truth and peace are theirs, Knowledge tiat deepens each pass Ing hour: Fruition to faith, and answers to prl1ayers, No conflict of soul, 'no weary cares, III that high life of immortal Iower. Shall we demand their return again, Dear as they were-to the sti ife once 1110re? Call them back to the grief and pain, Back to the toil, the fret, the stain, Back to the world from that beauti ful shore? No! With the blessed let them be, Safe and saved in the Saviour's smile, Bending to Him the adorning knee. Singing to us from the crystal sea, "l.Here with us in a little while!" -Churchman. AN A BBEVILLE SCANDAL.--Abbe ville, April 22.-Miss Mary E. Brown, a charming young woman of this county, has brought suit against John McNeil for breach of promise of marriage. She has laid the damares at $1 and $1,000an has placed her case in the hands of Col. Orville T. Calhoun, who is considered one of the strongest young lawyers at this bar. Mr. McNeil is represented .)y Ellis G. Gra doii, Esq., who was for sever -11 years the partner and trusted adviser of the late A rmistead Burt. The case will be tried at the regu lar fall term of the Court of Comn mon Pleas for this county in Ge to)ber next. It is already creating ai great deal of interest in the coun ty, andl~ when it comes up for trial here will some rich and rare dis 'losures. This is the first case for breach of promnise that has ever beenI thro~wninto the courts in Ahb beville. The fact that the issue had been joined in this matter hais already been lpublished, but none of the det1.'Is have been given. Miss Mary E. Brown, the fair plaintiff, is not more than 25 years of age. She has neither father nor mother and lives now, as she has been living for some years, with her three sisters and her 1brother-i n--a w~rn plantation which is owned by herself and sisters, and is situated1 on the Savannah side~ of' the county. She is tolerably well eduic atedl an d is connecte'd with some of the most respectable and beCst-to--do) families in the county. She has a round, plump~ tigure, a sweet face, is quite at tractive in her manners andI might well turn the head omf an impres sionable young man. M' r. Johu McNe-il. who it is al. leged played the fair Mary so false a part, is a large, finelooking young man, abouti 35 years of age, with a rich sonorous voice, quick intelli gence and pleasing manners. Im mediately after the war he went to Charleston and was employed as a salesman in Erwin's store, in King street, where he remained for some time. When he gave up his position there he came to Abbe ville and commenced business as a country merchant. He had a large trade, and by his merchan dising and his farming, both of which purpuits he has followed sucessfully, he has accumulated, it is said, a snug little fortune, and is now worth from $15,000 to $20, 000. He still has his store and his farm, and although he is kept busy is quite literary in his tastes, and was for several terms one of the most capable pupils of the Rev. Dr. Patton, now of the State Uni versity? In the midst of his busi ness McNeil has also found time to make love; indeed he is a kind of genius in this direction ifMiss Mary Brown is to be believed, for she declares that he fooled her by J his honied phrases until she fell a victim to his passion. The story is a thrilling one. Mc Neil, it is said, commenced paying attention to Miss Brown about the beginning of 1880,and under prom ises of marriage succeeded in ruin ing her. le agreed, it is alleged, on several occasions that he would marry her, and the day was fixed several times, but he always man aged to postpone the wedding without discontinuing his visits to the trusting Mary. About the 20th of February last, while McNeil was on a visit to her, she deter mined to put the matter to the test, and sent for a trial justice to come and marry them. McNeil, hearing the trial justice enter the house, made his escape throug a Iwindow, and has refused to right the wrongs of Miss Brown. Plulic Sentiment is very strong against McNeil, and the impres sion is that he should be made to pay well for the dlamage lhe has done Miss Brown. There are ma fly interestirng facts conlnectedl with the affair lhat cannot be mentior ed here, as it might serve to prej udic'e the case of either one 01r the other of the parties to this pecu liar suit. Of course the lawyers in the case will do their level best to whip in the fight. 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